Seniors at Hampshire Tower Apartments were recipients of 10 lovely handmade fleece blankets! Our thanks to Sahana for her work as a HERSHEY’S Heartwarming Grant recipient in partnership with Youth Service America, Marion, Sahana, site coordinator Doris, and all the youth volunteers for spreading kindness in our community!

One of the places that Small Things Matter distributes food is at the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church Little Free Food Pantry! This allows food insecure individuals with 24/7 access to nonperishables. Everyone is welcome to add nonperishable food items to share with those in need.

Wonderful time at Montgomery Blair High School Blair Fair! Thank you Principal Renay Johnson for allowing us to share our mission to serve food insecure families/individuals and encourage healthy eating. It was a great day and we enjoyed all the student performances, craft fair, auction, and plant sales! Thanks also to STM’s Justice for his amazing help!

Our deepest thanks to our friends and partners The Takoma Park Seventh-day Adventist Church for their kind recognition of our team’s work at their Zambia 2024 Gala! Congratulations to all the other honorees! STM is so grateful to be part of this caring community!

Wonderful #GYSD24 food rescue efforts by youth at Imperfect Foods and Trader Joes Bethesda! Our deepest thanks to #StopHungerUSA @sodexoMain and Youth Service America for their kind grant to help us feed our neighbors in need! #YouthService #YouthChangemakers Our thanks to all the youth who came out to serve and our STM teen and adult leaders for their support!

A huge thank you to our team, our partners, and our community for all their hard work, dedication, and support in 2023. Thanks to you we were able to serve many in need. We look forward to working with all of you and hope to continue to make a meaningful difference in 2024!

We had a fantastic time giving out brand new books and painting kindness rocks at Let’s Play America‘s Mid-Winter Play Day! Thank you to LPA Executive Director Pat Rumbaugh for the kind invite and the reminder to play everyday! Big thanks to Zuzu for running our rock painting table!

Thank you to everyone who came out to make Kindness Day in Honor of Tommy Raskin a success! Representative Jamie Raskin and his family, Delegate Lorig Charkoudian, TP Mayor Talisha Searchy, TP Councilperson Shana Fulcher, and Councilperson Cara Honzak were among the many people who were in attendance.

Thanks to all who donated towels, sheets, dog toys, canned food, Lego, socks, acrylic yarn, travel sized toiletries, diapers, baby food, winter clothing, eyeglasses, and iphones to support local groups and nonprofits.

Our thanks to Tabletopdc, Amano, The Big Bad Woof, TPSS Co-op, Hanes, Montgomery County Volunteer Center, Motorkat, Takoma Bev Co., Zinnia, Licking Creek Bend Farm, Continuum Healthcare Network, STM Wooton, Crochet and Cozies, Lego Replay Whitman, Girl Scout Troop 2397,Takoma Park Elementary, Piney Branch Elementary, Ian Arthur Gray, Project Always Hearts, Takoma Park Maryland Library, STM Walt Whitman, Morgan Quarles & Messiah Williams, Nate Focarazzo and Aviva Focarazzo, Ocean Carrasco, Clifton Park Baptist Church, Let’s Play America, Boy Scout Troop 457, Risa Shaw/author of Not Child’s Play Anthology, Wellpoint, Takoma Art Library, Girl Scout Troop 34054 for hosting tables, sharing treats, and hosting fundraisers.

Special thanks to Chris Owens, Chris Fitzgerald, Rachel Gold, Elizabeth Wallace, Karen Ackerman, Paul B. Ellis, Carmy Spillman, Leandra Nichola, Charles Mac, Pete Zydas, Lucya Coil and Elvin Funez for their amazing work running the event!

Please visit the Tommy Raskin Memorial Fund for People and Animals https://tommyraskinfund.org/

Volunteers made 500 Cups of Cheer for seniors, 300 friendship bracelets, and 50 cleaning kits for the families we serve as part of the County MLK Day celebration at the Bethesda North Marriott & Conference Center. Our deepest thanks to Faith McNeill/Montgomery County Volunteer Center for partnering with us and providing us with all the supplies for these projects! Our thanks to our teens and to our adults Marta, Lesley, Martha, and John for helping the families with the various projects!